Boseman Early Origins

The surname Boseman was first found in Saxony, where the name is likely derived from the German personal name Boso, meaning "audacious" and/or from the Middle High German word "boese" or the Middle Low German word "bose" which both mean "daring." [1]CITATION[CLOSE]Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges, A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8)

Boseman Spelling Variations

Boseman Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bose, Boze, Bozze, Baus, Bause, Bauss, Bausser, Bauze and many more.

Boseman Early History

Boseman Early History

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Boseman Early Notables (pre 1700)

Boseman Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Anna Christina Boz, who arrived in America in 1725; Mattheus Bausser and Christian Bausser both of whom were recorded as having arrived in Pennsylvania in 1733.

The Boseman Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Boseman Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.